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Obaltan (오발탄)
Obaltan (오발탄, Aimless Bullet) is Yu Hyun-mok's 1961 Korean realist drama adapted from Yi Beomseon's story about a postwar Seoul family; banned after the 1961 coup, ranked Korea's best film in 1984, digitally restored in 2016.
Red Beard (赤ひげ) (1965 film)
Red Beard (赤ひげ, Akahige) is Akira Kurosawa's 1965 black-and-white drama, his last of 16 films with Toshiro Mifune, adapted from Shugoro Yamamoto's Akahige Shinryotan about an Edo-period clinic doctor training a young physician; it won Mifune his second Venice Volpi Cup.
Red Desert
Red Desert (Il deserto rosso, 1964) is Michelangelo Antonioni's first color film, starring Monica Vitti as Giuliana, an anxious industrialist's wife in Ravenna's industrial zone; it won the 1964 Venice Golden Lion.
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Requiem for a Heavyweight: 1962 American boxing drama directed by Ralph Nelson, written by Rod Serling from his 1956 Playhouse 90 teleplay, starring Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, and Muhammad Ali as Cassius Clay.
Rocco and His Brothers
Rocco and His Brothers (Rocco e i suoi fratelli) is Luchino Visconti's 1960 Italian-French drama about five brothers and their mother migrating from Basilicata to Milan, starring Alain Delon, with the Venice Special Jury Prize and censored scenes later restored.
São Paulo S.A.
São Paulo S.A. (São Paulo Sociedade Anônima), 1965 Brazilian black-and-white drama, Luiz Sérgio Person's debut feature starring Walmor Chagas; a Cinema Novo landmark about a middle-class manager amid São Paulo's automobile-industry boom, restored in 4K in 2025.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, 1960 British kitchen sink drama directed by Karel Reisz from Alan Sillitoe's 1958 novel, starring Albert Finney as Nottingham factory worker Arthur Seaton; a defining British New Wave film, BAFTA-winning.
Seong Chunhyang (성춘향)
Seong Chunhyang (성춘향) is Shin Sang-ok's 1961 Korean color CinemaScope film adapted from Chunhyangjeon, starring Choi Eun-hee; it beat Hong Seong-gi's rival version, set a 380,000-admission record, and was Korea's first postwar film exported to Japan.
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тени забытых предков)
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тени забытых предков; Ukrainian: Тіні забутих предків), also released as Wild Horses of Fire, is Sergei Parajanov's 1964 Dovzhenko Studio film adapted from Kotsiubynskyi's 1911 Hutsul novella, famed for its poetic style, dissident 1965 Kyiv premiere, and blacklisting of its director.
Ship of Fools (film)
Ship of Fools (1965) is Stanley Kramer's drama adapted from Katherine Anne Porter's novel, set on a 1933 German liner bound for Bremerhaven; it starred Vivien Leigh in her final film and won two Oscars from eight nominations.
Splendor in the Grass
Splendor in the Grass (1961) is Elia Kazan's drama from William Inge's Oscar-winning original screenplay, starring Natalie Wood and a debuting Warren Beatty as 1920s Kansas teens destroyed by sexual repression.
Stage Sisters
Stage Sisters (舞台姐妹, Wutai jiemei), also Two Stage Sisters, is Xie Jin's 1964 color drama from Shanghai Tianma Film Studio about two Yue opera performers, suppressed in the Cultural Revolution and restored in 4K in 2013.
The Affair (1964 film)
The Affair (Japanese: Joen) is a 1964 Japanese drama film directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, starring Mariko Okada and associated with the Japanese New Wave.
The Aimless Bullet (오발탄)
The Aimless Bullet (오발탄, Obaltan; also The Stray Bullet) is Yu Hyun-mok's 1961 Korean drama based on Yi Beom-seon's novel, depicting a destitute postwar Seoul family; banned after the 1961 coup, restored by KOFA in 2015, now a canonical Korean realist masterpiece.
The Angry Silence
The Angry Silence (1960) is a British drama directed by Guy Green, Beaver Films' first release, in which Richard Attenborough's factory worker is ostracized for refusing an unofficial strike; it won the BAFTA for Best British Screenplay and earned an Oscar nomination.
The Cardinal
The Cardinal (1963) is Otto Preminger's 175-minute drama, adapted from Henry Morton Robinson's 1950 novel, following Boston priest Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon) to the cardinalate; six Oscar nominations, John Huston supporting nominee.
The Cincinnati Kid
The Cincinnati Kid (1965) is a Norman Jewison poker drama starring Steve McQueen and Edward G. Robinson, adapted from Richard Jessup's novel, with Sam Peckinpah fired early in production and a famous final five-card stud hand.
The Coachman (마부)
The Coachman (마부, Mabu), also called A Coachman, is a 1961 Korean drama by Kang Dae-jin starring Kim Seung-ho as a widowed cart driver; it won the 1961 Berlin Silver Bear, the first major international award for a Korean film.
The End of Summer (小早川家の秋)
The End of Summer (小早川家の秋, Kohayagawa-ke no Aki) is Yasujiro Ozu's 1961 color family drama, his only Toho film, about a Kyoto sake-brewing family whose patriarch secretly visits a former mistress before dying suddenly.
The Fire Within
The Fire Within (Le feu follet) is Louis Malle's 1963 French drama about Alain Leroy's last day before suicide, adapted from Drieu la Rochelle; the title also names Werner Herzog's 2022 Krafft documentary.
The Guest and My Mother (손님과 어머니)
The Guest and My Mother (사랑방 손님과 어머니, Mother and a Guest) is Shin Sang-ok's 1961 Korean classic drama adapted from Ju Yo-seop's 1935 story, starring Choi Eun-hee; it won the 1962 Asia Film Festival Best Picture and was Korea's first Oscar submission.
The Hands in the Trap
The Hands in the Trap (La mano en la trampa) is a 1961 Argentine-Spanish drama by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, starring Elsa Daniel, Francisco Rabal, and Leonardo Favio, based on Beatriz Guido's novel; it won the FIPRESCI prize at Cannes 1961.
The Hustler
The Hustler (1961) is Robert Rossen's black-and-white CinemaScope drama adapted from Walter Tevis's 1959 novel, starring Paul Newman as pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson; nine Oscar nominations, two wins, and a 1986 sequel.
The Insect Woman (にっぽん昆虫記)
The Insect Woman (にっぽん昆虫記, Nippon konchūki) is Shohei Imamura's 1963 Nikkatsu drama about Tomé, born in 1918, who survives poverty and prostitution to run a call-girl ring; Kinema Junpo first place, Berlin best actress for Sachiko Hidari.
The L-Shaped Room
The L-Shaped Room is a 1962 British kitchen-sink drama directed by Bryan Forbes, adapted from Lynne Reid Banks's 1960 novel, starring Leslie Caron as pregnant Jane in a Notting Hill boarding house; Oscar-nominated, BAFTA and Golden Globe winning role.
The Lion
The Lion (1962) is a Jack Cardiff adventure drama starring William Holden, Capucine, Trevor Howard, and Pamela Franklin, adapted from Joseph Kessel's novel Le Lion, filmed entirely in East Africa about a girl and her lion King.
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner: 1962 British New Wave drama by Tony Richardson, adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his 1959 short story; borstal inmate Colin Smith (Tom Courtenay, BAFTA-winning debut) runs for Governor Michael Redgrave.
The Miracle Worker (1962 film)
The Miracle Worker (1962) is Arthur Penn's biographical drama, adapted by William Gibson from his Broadway play, starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke as Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller; both won 1963 Oscars, and the film entered the National Film Registry in 2024.
The Organizer
The Organizer (I compagni) is Mario Monicelli's 1963 Italian-French-Yugoslav drama starring Marcello Mastroianni as Professor Sinigaglia, leader of an 1890 Turin textile strike; Oscar-nominated screenplay. Also a 2017 documentary on ACORN founder Wade Rathke.
The Party's Over
The Party's Over is a 1965 British drama directed by Guy Hamilton, written by Marc Behm, starring Oliver Reed, Ann Lynn, Clifford David, and Louise Sorel; banned by censors, cut by 18 minutes, and released uncredited, later restored by the BFI.